This week I have learned: the HR industry doesn't know what is about to hit it Adobe. Why? the art of sticking around. that when given a set of IKEA bookshelf instructions, people will build a set of IKEA bookshelves Next week: TechUK
Earlier this week I had a connection request on LinkedIn from someone under the nom de plume of Unemploy Bot, claiming in its headline "I will take your job soon!". Normally I'd shun such nonsense, but there was something about Unemploy Bot that tickled me. I accepted the request, and got into a short conversation, … Continue reading Adaptability
https://vimeo.com/194773566 Back in the Autumn I did a five minute Ignite-style presentation at the wonderful Katrina Collier's DisruptHR London event. In just 20 slides it outlines the core idea that's underpinning the work on The Book.
This week I have learned: - there's no business like show business - sometimes things happen over a very long time, all of a sudden. Next week: Lego with lawyers, yachts and Silicon Beached.
When I started a job as a consultant for a management training company back in 2005, I vividly remember a conversation over dinner with my school friend Cath. “I don't know how you could do that. Whenever I go on training courses I spend the whole time petrified that the trainer is going to point at … Continue reading “And you return the favour”
This week I have learned: how to make gin that games without rules tend to pan out in ways you don't quite expect those fondest of military metaphors are possibly most likely to get cross when it's suggested to try something else ExCeL London is rather long dumb asides in front of a journalist can cost … Continue reading Weeknote 329: juniper
I've been using LinkedIn since 2004. It's been a constant past of my working life for those 13 years. I've been a subscriber for about 7 years. In that time my monthly subscription has crept up surreptitiously to now be more than double what it was when I started paying for additional access to the … Continue reading LinkedOut
Every picture tells a story. These days in the realm of social networks, click rates and the hunt for audience it's more like every picture sells a story. Imagery is vital to online content. The featured images that get scraped and then catch the eye as articles are tweeted and favorited. The decorative fly in … Continue reading Robot propaganda
This week I have learned: - the fascinating idea of linking VR to physical spaces - I'm a liberal. I'm not ashamed of that. I live in the metropolis. Ditto. - it's still so much more than just the systems Next week: playing with Lego in a gin distillery. True story.
Another fascinating day at Julia Hobsbawm's Names Not Numbers event in London. It's a hugely eclectic day, yesterday spanning the role of theatre in politics, advances in the life sciences, David Bowie, the neuroscience of truth and an interview with the artist Maggi Hambling who I think has now become my favourite sweary creative (wrestling the … Continue reading The influence of the network
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